If Canada is to truly be the global tech powerhouse it aspires to be, we need to work together toward a strategic goal to bring more semiconductor research and manufacturing here. Opinion by Frank Scarpitti
Semiconductors are the microchips that form the combined brains and nervous system of every major electronic device from blenders to Artemis rockets. While Canada’s homegrown tech sectors have exploded in recent decades, our domestic semiconductor manufacturing has not kept pace.
That means Canada’s existing and future semiconductor makers need what the Council of Canadian Innovators calls for a clear road map that mobilizes our industrial base. If we don’t do it now, this crucial tech sector risks becoming yet another branch-plant industry where profits and economic benefits flow to foreign giants instead of our own communities.
Another important element is a collaborative and targeted industrial policy that promotes measures to bring chip building back here. Such a policy will require investments bolstering infrastructure, education, R&D and startup ventures. For example in Markham, we have built a model environment for tech firms and other stakeholders to solve problems and support innovation, which has led to the birth of the next generation of hardware companies at ventureLAB.
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